Solar Observatory Tower Meudon
 Solar Observatory Tower Meudon | |
| Location | Meudon |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 48°48′16″N 2°13′38″E / 48.80444°N 2.22722°E |
| Established | 1964 |
  Location of Solar Observatory Tower Meudon | |
Solar Observatory Tower Meudon is a 36.47 metre tall tower built of reinforced concrete on the area of Meudon Observatory in Meudon, France, which has in its interior a spectrograph for examination of the sun. Solar Observatory Tower Meudon was built in 1964-65, and is a solar tower, a type of solar telescope. It has a shaft diameter of 6.6 metres. In a height of 30.57 metres it has an observatory floor with 18.4 metre diameter. The shaft of the tower consists of two concrete tubes which are separated by a 10 centimetre wide air spelt, in order to avoid wind induced vibrations.
The telescope has a 60 cm aperture.[1]
Sources
[edit]- Turmbauwerke, Bauverlag GmbH, Wiesbaden (Deutschland), 1966
- ^ Bhatnagar, A.; Livingston, William Charles (2005). Fundamentals of Solar Astronomy. World Scientific. ISBN 9789812567871.
See also
[edit]- Paris Observatory
- List of towers
- List of solar telescopes
- Meudon Great Refractor (nearby telescope facility dating to 1891)
External links
[edit]- Skyscraperpage.com
- History of the Observatory at Meudon
- Video The building of the Solar Observatory Tower, by Roger Servajean, on Paris Observatory digital library
